The Egyptian parliament has recently disclosed a plan to merge the street vendors and their informal business of around 80 billion pounds into the official economy that has been in the doldrums in recent years.

With little to no improvement in Egypt's struggle with unemployment, many young Egyptians face a rough start as they venture into their independent lives due to the lack of sufficient job opportunities. According to the latest statistics published by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS), 12.9 percent of Egyptians aged 15-64 are unemployed, while the rate increases to 26.3 percent for the age group 18-29.

In an attempt to resolve the issue of street vendors selling products in subway carts, the Ministry of Transportation offered kiosks in which those vendors can sell their products and avoid harassing passersby and passengers.

A campaign to remove street vendors situated at metro stations took place Saturday under the supervision of officials of the transportation department at the Ministry of Interior. Displaced vendors were asked to stay outside the stations and not to impede passengers' flow at the entrances and the exits. The campaign also removed beggars standing outside the stations.

Street vendors and their goods were evacuated from different Cairo Streets Saturday as part of a campaign to improve traffic flow, Youm7 reported.The removal was executed by the Facilities Police Department in cooperation with the Cairo governorate that took similar action a few months ago.

The Ministry of Housing will provide street vendors with cheaply rented booths in new housing projects within various governorates, in addition to all the required services, announced Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Sunday.